2025 African Snooker Champion
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Egypt’s Mahmoud El Hareedy earned professional status for the first time in his career by defeating Yassine Bellamine 6-1 In the final of the 2025 All-Africa Snooker Championship.
El Hareedy successfully came from a field of 50 cueists from across the continent in Saïdia, Morocco to secure a place on the World Snooker Tour (WST) from the 2025/26 season.
The Egyptian previously competed on the WPBSA Q Tour Middle East series, reached the quarter-final of an event in Abu Dhabi, and took part in the 2023 6-Red World Championship where his opponents included former world champion Stuart Bingham and former ranking event winner Jordan Brown.